Synthesis and biological activities of new azacrown ether Schiff bases and spectrophotometric studies of their complexation with [60]fullerene

Author： Ashram Muhammad

Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN： 0277-2248

Source： Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, Vol.91, Iss.6, 2009-08, pp. : 1095-1104

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Abstract

A series of novel azacrown ether Schiff bases 1-3 have been synthesized in good yield and in a simple way. Their host-guest interaction with [60]fullerene has been studied in toluene by absorption spectroscopic method. All the complexes are found to be stable with 1:1 stoichiometry. Because of their potential applications in industry, agriculture and medicine, they were investigated for their mutagenic and antimutagenic activities using the spot test and the plate incorporation assay of Ames. Compounds 1, 2 and 3 were found to be nonmutagenic in the Ames test using strains TA 1535, TA100 and TA97a of Salmonella typhimurium. However, using strain TA102 revealed that, although both compounds 1 and 2 were nonmutagenic, compound 2 gave a positive response indicating that it acts as an oxidative mutagen. The structure-activity relationship may throw some light on the biological activity of such series of compounds.